Re: [NTG-context] a0 split into a4?

2010-04-26 Thread Wolfgang Schuster
Am 25.04.10 19:39, schrieb Xan: \slicepages[document.pdf][width,height,topmargin,bottommargin,...,margintotext] %topmargin... are the margin of the page, and margintotext is the margin between the boundary of slice and text I' still unable what do you mean with the margintotext option,

[NTG-context] Strings [[...]] inside \startluacode \stopluacode

2010-04-26 Thread Jaroslav Hajtmar
Hello. I am experimenting with courious things in LuaTeX (combining TeX and Lua codes) and I have a problem with lua strings containing TeX definitions. When string (containing definition of TeX macro with \directlua call-in) is creating in the separate lua file (reading by command dofile)

Re: [NTG-context] Strings [[...]] inside \startluacode \stopluacode

2010-04-26 Thread Taco Hoekwater
Jaroslav Hajtmar wrote: Where is a problem? Is there any solutions with [[ ... ]] Category codes, of course. :) \startluacode leaves the backslash at category code 0, and expands its argument so that you can use TeX macros inside the environment (which is normally what is wanted). The

Re: [NTG-context] ! Undefined control sequence

2010-04-26 Thread Wolfgang Werners-Lucchini
What is the following command for: \setvariables[tst][set={\setupTst[1][n,\getvariable{tst}{broad}*broa d] }] This is enough, or are there any problems? \setupTst[1][n,\getvariable{tst}{broad}*broad] To explain it with simpler macros \setvariables[tst][set={...}] is

[NTG-context] ConTeXt name/branding

2010-04-26 Thread Scott Steele
Sidenote: If anyone has ever considered changing the name of the ConTeXt project, I'd like to support that. Name consistency is important, but there are two unnecessary problems that the current name creates. The first is that the unusual capitalization and pronunciation are a barrier to new

[NTG-context] Multiple pleas for help (long)

2010-04-26 Thread Scott Steele
Hullo, all. I've been trying for 3 months now to get my last 2 years' worth of journal entries satisfactorily typeset for printing on lulu.com. This is my first major project using Context (with the Xetex engine—the current procedures required by Pdftex to set up and manage fonts are too

Re: [NTG-context] ConTeXt name/branding

2010-04-26 Thread Hans Hagen
On 27-4-2010 12:41, Scott Steele wrote: Sidenote: If anyone has ever considered changing the name of the ConTeXt project, I'd like to support that. Name consistency is important, but there are two unnecessary problems that the current name creates. the implication of a name change is quite big

[NTG-context] Unicode bibliography

2010-04-26 Thread Michael Saunders
I'm using JabRef to generate a .bib file in utf8. I'd like to use this with Context to typeset a bibliography. I'm running into a lot of problems with Bibtex's Unicode incompatibility. What is currently the best way to do this? Googling, I came across this tantalizing suggestion from Idris

[NTG-context] Float placement in margin

2010-04-26 Thread Antoine Cailliau
Dear all, I would like to put a figure my edge margin, at the bottom of the page. (so, the bottom left corner on my left pages). I tried \inmargin but the figure is not placed in margin but at the top of the page. I tried \placefigure[margin] but it is placed on the top of the margin. This is